It's underperforming by her past success, but it's not at all a flop. She should be happy. The video releases are sloppy, but if this is the music she really wants to make like she said, than she should be happy with it's success. 2 platinum singles and a #1 albums pretty good in my book haha
For Gaga, yes. I wouldn't be upset if my album sold this many copies and had two top ten hits songs, but I am not one of the (former) biggest acts in recent memory.
For Gaga's standards, for sure. And I don't know why people try to justify it, you can say Bionic wasn't a flop because it was bigger than some indie artists' albums, but they didn't flop because they had success above their standards.
Yes, low opening numbers and they've just gotten worse. A lead single that peaked it's first week at #4 in the US and is now not even on the Hot 100 just a few months later. A second single that got promo and two remixes but didn't go Top 10. No news of a third single. I am sure Interscope isn't thrilled with the numbers considering how much money has been put into the era.